TBOC: FIRST ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT

TBOC - TO HOST FIRST ANNUAL GOLF OUTING

Developers / Contractors / Architects / Hospitals are supporting and will be in attendance... full course menu, breakfast, lunch dinner... (Peter Luger style)

Save the date: August 21st, 2023

(pre-registration)

Richmond County Country Club 120 year history:

A Golf Course Overlooking Staten Island

Designed by Robert White, the first President of the PGA of America, our golf course offers an incredible view. With dramatic changes in elevation, players are surrounded by a spectacular view of the Atlantic Ocean and New Jersey highlands. It’s a remarkable sight to see.

The outward nine routes players towards the highest point on the course where the ninth green and tenth tee are perched overlooking the entire property. The inward nine can play over thirty-five hundred yards and has provided a true test of golf for over 120 years.

Unique and Challenging

Members also love the challenge of the course. Strategically placed sand traps, bunkers, and other hazards provide a tough challenge, even for seasoned professionals. Golfing greats from Harry Vardon to Freddie Couples have challenged the course throughout the years, but no golfer has played the course in fewer than 65 strokes.

The Oldest Medal in American Golf

Richmond County Country Club is home of The Hunter Medal, the oldest continually awarded medal in the United States. The Hunter Medal has been contested every year since 1895 and is awarded to the lowest qualifier in the Club Championship.

For more than a century, Richmond County Country Club has maintained its status as New York City’s only private Country Club. It was organized on April 18, 1888 and officially incorporated in 1891. The majority of Founding Members were members of the Richmond County Hunt Club, which had formed a year earlier in 1887. These Founders wished to formalize their organization and provide a place to partake in the popular sports of the time. Within only a decade of opening its doors, RCCC established a distinguished reputation as a fine establishment for fox hunting, lawn tennis, and golf.

Lawn tennis grew in popularity in 1899. Interestingly, Americans had been introduced to this sport 25 years earlier by Mary Outerbridge, a woman from Bermuda, who was the sister of two RCCC Founders. One of these brothers, Eugene Outerbridge, had paved the way for the establishment of the United States Lawn Tennis Association in 1881.

In 1989, the State of New York demonstrated its sincere interest in Staten Island’s Green Belt by purchasing the golf course, then giving RCCC a 99-year lease. This provided an opportunity for the Club to finance noticeable course enhancements, cover annual maintenance costs, and build a modern Clubhouse adjacent to the pristine, championship golf course.

To this day, Richmond County Country Club continues the vision of excellence established by its Founding Members, and proudly provides first-class amenities and state-of-the-art facilities in the heart of Staten Island.